Rhizome of ginger is like roots of other plants that grows underground. Despite this fact ginger is

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Rhizome of ginger is like the roots of other plants that grows underground. Despite this fact ginger is a stem and not a root. Justify.

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Solution

$\rightarrow$ Adventitious roots are produced from lower surface of node. It is not root because root does not possess nodes or internodes.

$\rightarrow$ Moreover rhizome does not work as root like fixation and absorption, it does food storage. These all characteristics show that Ginger is a stem but not root.

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n Duranta, axillary buds and in Carrisa the apical bud is modified into stem thorns, what is correct for Ulex ? It has

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Which one of the following is an example for sub-aerial modification of stem?

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Describe various stem modifications associated with food storage, climbing and protection.

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Delete odd one:

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Multicellular hairs are found on

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Rhizome of ginger is like the roots of other plants that grows underground. Despite this fact ginger is a stem and not a root. Justify.

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n Duranta, axillary buds and in Carrisa the apical bud is modified into stem thorns, what is correct for Ulex ? It has

Which one of the following is an example for sub-aerial modification of stem?

Describe various stem modifications associated with food storage, climbing and protection.

Delete odd one:

Multicellular hairs are found on

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